Tektronix MDO4054 Technical Reference

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Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation

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MDO4000 Series

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Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation

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MDO4000 Series instruments.

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Table of Contents

General safety summary .......................................................................................... iii

Speciﬁcations ....................................................................................................... 1

Analog Signal Acquisition System Speciﬁcations ......................................................... 1

Time Base System Speciﬁcations............................................................................ 8

Triggering System Speciﬁcations ........................................................................... 10

Digital Acquisition System Speciﬁcations................................................................. 15

P6616 Digital Probe Input Speciﬁcations.................................................................. 16

RF Input Speciﬁcations ...................................................................................... 17

Display System Speciﬁcations .............................................................................. 20

Interfaces and Input/Output Port Speciﬁ cations........................................................... 21

Data Handling Speciﬁcations................................................................................ 22

Power Supply System Speciﬁcations....................................................................... 22

Environmental Speciﬁcations ............................................................................... 23

Mechanical Speciﬁcations ................................................................................... 24

TPA-N-PRE Speciﬁcations .................................................................................. 25

Performance Veriﬁcation ......................................................................................... 27

Test Record .................................................................................................... 29

Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures....................................................................... 61

Self Test................................................................................................... 62

Check Input Impedance (Resistance).................................................................. 63

Check DC Balance....................................................................................... 65

Check DC Gain Accuracy............................................................................... 67

Check Offset Accuracy.................................................................................. 71

Check Analog Bandwidth............................................................................... 73

Check Random Noise, Sample Acquisition Mode ........................... .... .................... 76

Check Sample Rate and Delay Time Accuracy....................................................... 78

Check Delta Time Measurement Accuracy ........................................................... 80

Check Digital Threshold Accuracy .................................................................... 82

Check Phase Noise....................................................................................... 85

Check Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL)..................................................... 88

Check Level Measurement Uncertainty ............................................................... 92

Check Third Order Intermodulation Distortion..................................................... 100

Check Residual Spurious Response.................................................................. 104

Check Crosstalk to RF Channel from Analog Channels........................................... 105

Check Trigger Out ..................................................................................... 107

With TPA-N-PRE Attached: Check Display Average Noise Level (DANL) ................... 110

MDO4000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation i

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Table 1: Analog signal acquisition system speciﬁcations...................................................... 1

Table 2: Tim

e base system speciﬁcations........................................................................ 8

Table 3: Delta-Time measurement accuracy formula .......................................................... 9

Table 4: Trigger speciﬁcations ................................................................................... 10

Table 5: Digital acquisition speciﬁcations ...................................................................... 15

Table 6: P6616 digital probe input speciﬁcations.............................................................. 16

Table 7: RF input speciﬁcations ................................................................................. 17

Table 8: D

isplay system speciﬁcations.......................................................................... 20

Table 9: Interfaces and Input/Output port speciﬁcations...................................................... 21

Table 10: Data handling speciﬁcations.......................................................................... 22

Table 11: Power supply system speciﬁcations ................................................................. 22

Table 12: Environmental speciﬁcations......................................................................... 23

Table 13: Mechanical speciﬁcations............................................................................. 24

Table

14: TPA-N-PRE speciﬁcations............................................................................ 25

Table 15: Required equipment ................................................................................... 28

Table 16: Gain expected worksheet ............................................................................. 69

Table 17: Maximum bandwidth frequency worksheet ........................................................ 74

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General safety summary

General safet

y summary

Review the fo

llowing safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to

this product or any products connected to it.

To avoid potential hazards, use this product only as speciﬁed.

Only qualiﬁed personnel should perform service procedures.

To avoid ﬁre or personal

injury

Use proper power cord. Use only the power cord speciﬁed for this product and

certiﬁed for the country of use.

Connect and disconnect properly. Do not connect or disconnect probes or test

leads while they are connected to a voltage source.

Connect and disconnect properly. De-energize the circuit under test before

connecting or disconnecting the current probe.

Ground the product. This product is grounded through the grounding conductor

of the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be

connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output

terminals of the product, ensure that the product is properly grounded.

Observe all terminal ratings. To avoid ﬁre or shock hazard, observe all ratings

and markings on the product. Consult the product manual for further ratings

information b efore making connections to the product.

Connect the probe reference lead to earth ground only.

Do not apply a potential to any terminal, including the common terminal, that

exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal.

Power disconnect. The power cord disconnects the product from the power s ource.

Do not block the power cord; it must remain accessible to the user at all times.

Do not operate without covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels

removed.

Do not operate with suspected failures. If you suspect that there is damage to this

product, have it inspected by qualiﬁed service personnel.

Avoid exposed circuitry. Do not touch exposed connections and components when

power is present.

Do not operate in wet/damp conditions.

Do not operate in an explosive a tmosphere.

Keep product surfaces clean and dry.

Provide proper ventilation. Refer to the manual's installation instructions for details

on installing the product so it has proper ventilation.

MDO4000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation iii

General safety summary

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damage to this product or other property.

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iv MDO4000 Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation

Speciﬁcations

This chapter contains speciﬁcations for the MDO4000 Series oscilloscopes. All

speciﬁcations are guaranteed unless noted as "typical." Typical speciﬁcations are

provided for

your convenience but are not guaranteed. Speciﬁcations that are

marked with the

symbol are checked in Performance Veriﬁcation.

All speciﬁc

ations apply to all MDO4000 models unless noted otherwise. To meet

speciﬁcations, two conditions must ﬁrst be met:

The oscill

oscope must have been operating continuously for twenty minutes

within the speciﬁed operating temperature range. (See Table 12 on page 23.)

You mu st p

erform the Signal Path Compensation (SPC) operation described

instep2oftheSelf Test before evaluating speciﬁcations. (Se e page 62, Self

Test.) If the operating temperature changes by more than 10 °C (18 °F), you

must perform the SPC operation again.

Analog Signal Acquisition System Speciﬁcations

The following table shows the speciﬁcations for the analog signal acquisition

system.

Ta ble 1: Analog signal acquisition system speciﬁcations

Characteristic Description

Number of input

channels

4 analog channels, digitized simultaneously

Input coupling

DC or AC

Input resistance

selection

1M or 50 

250 k (to be selected for performance veriﬁcation only).

1M 1M ±1%

50  ±1%

MDO4104-X VSWR 1.5:1 from DC to 1 GHz, typical

MDO4054-X VSWR 1.5:1 from DC to 500 MHz, typical

MDO4034-3 VSWR 1.5:1 from DC to 350 MHz, typical

put impedance,

DC coupled

50 

MDO4014-3 VSWR 1.5:1 from DC to 100 MHz, typical

Input Capacitance,

1M DC coupled,

typical

13 pF ± 2 pF

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Speciﬁcations

Table 1: A nalog signal acquisition system speciﬁcations (cont.)

Characteristic Description

1M 300 V

RMS

at the BNC

Installation Category II

Derate at 20 dB/decade between 4.5 MHz and 45 MHz

Derate 14 dB/decade between 45 MHz and 450 MHz

Above 450 MHz, 5 V

RMS

Maximum peak input voltage at the BNC, ±424 V

250 K 75 V

RMS

at the B NC

Installation Category II

Derate at 20 dB/decade between 1.3 MHz and 13 MHz

Derate 10 dB/decade between 13 MHz and 130 MHz

Above 130 MHz, 5 V

RMS

Maximum peak input voltage at the BNC, ±106 V

Maximum input

voltage

50  5V

RMS

with peaks ±20 V (Duty Factor  6.25%)

Overvoltage trip is intended to protect against overloads that might damage

termination resistors. A sufﬁciently large impulse might cause damage

regardless of the overvoltage protection circuitry because of the ﬁnite time

required to detect and respond.

DC Balance

0.1 div with the i nput DC coupled, set to 50  termination, and input terminated with 50  BNC terminator

0.2 div at 1 mV/div with the input DC coupled, set to 50  termination, and input terminated with 50 

BNC terminator

0.2 div with the input DC coupled, set to 1 M  termination, and input terminated with 50  BNC terminator

Number of digitized

bits

8bits

Displayed vertically with 25 digitization levels (DL) per division, 10.24 divisions dynamic range.

"DL" is the abbreviation for "digitization level." A DL is the smallest voltage level change that can be

resolved by an 8-bit A-D Converter. This value is also known as the least signiﬁcant bit (LSB).

1MΩ 1 m V/div to 10 V/div in a 1-2-5 sequenceSensitivity range

(coarse)

50 Ω 1 mV/div to 1 V/div in a 1-2-5 sequence

1 m V/div to 5 V/div < –50% to > + 50% of selected setting

10 V/div < –50% to 0%

1MΩ

Allows continuous adjustment from 1 mV/div to 10 V/div

1 mV/div to 500 mV/div < –50% to > +50% of selected setting

1 V/div < –50% to 0%

Sensitivity range (ﬁne)

50 Ω

Allows continuous adjustment from 1 mV/div to 1 V/div

Sensitivity resolution

(ﬁne), typical

1% of current setting

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Speciﬁcations

Table 1: Analog signal acquisition system speciﬁcations (cont.)

Characteristic Description

DC gain accur

acy

For 50 Ω,1MΩ, and 250 kΩ (250 kΩ checked indirectly):

±1.5%, derated at 0.100%/°C above 30 °C

±2.0%, derated at 0.100%/°C above 30 °C, 1 mV/Div setting

±3.0% variable gain, derated at 0.100%/°C above 30 °C

Offset range

Volts/div setting

1M input 50  input

1 mV /div to 50 mV/div

±1 V ±1 V

50.5 mV/div to 99.5 mV/div

±0.5 V ±0.5 V

100 mV/div to 500 mV/div

±10 V ±10 V

505 mV/div to 995 mV/div

±5 V ±5 V

1 V/div to 5 V/div

±100 V ±5 V

5.05 V/div to 10 V/div

±50 V Not applicable

Offset ranges,

minimum

For 50  path, 1 V/div is the maximum vertical setting.

The input signal cannot exceed Max Input Voltage for the 50  input path. Refer to the Max Input Voltage

speciﬁcation for more information.

Position range ±5 divisions

Offset accuracy

±[0.005 × | offset – position | + DC Balance]

Both the position and the constant offset term must be converted to volts by multiplying by the appropriate

volts/div term.

Number of waveforms

for average acquisition

mode

2to512waveforms

Default of 16 waveforms

Measurement type

DC Accuracy (i n Volts)

Average of  16 waveforms ±[DC Gain Accuracy × | reading – (offset -

position) | + offset accuracy + 0.1 division ]

Refer to DC Gain Accuracy for temperature

derating information.

Delta Volts between any two averages of 16

waveforms acquired with the same oscilloscope

setup and ambient conditions

±[DC gain a ccuracy × | reading | + 0.05 div]

Refer to DC Gain Accuracy for temperature

derating information.

DC voltage

measurement

accuracy

average acquisition

mode

Offset, position, and the constant offset term must be converted to volts by multiplying by the appropriate

volts/div term.

The basic accuracy speciﬁ cation applies d irectly to any sample and to the following measurements: High,

Low, Max, Min, Mean, Cycle M ean, RMS, and Cycle RMS. The delta volt accuracy speciﬁcation applies to

subtractive calculations involving two of these measurements.

The delta volts (difference voltage) accuracy speciﬁcation applies directly to the following measurements:

Positive Overshoot, Negative Overshoot, Pk-Pk, and Amplitude.

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Speciﬁcations

Table 1: A nalog signal acquisition system speciﬁcations (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Measurement type

DC Accuracy (in volts)

Any sample

±[DC gain accuracy × | reading – (offset –

position) | + Offset Accuracy + 0.15 div + 0.6 mV]

Refer to DC Gain Accuracy for temperature

derating information.

Delta volts between any two samples acquired

with the same oscilloscope setup and ambient

conditions

±[DC gain accuracy × | reading | + 0.15 div +

1.2 mV]

Refer to DC Gain Accuracy for temperature

derating information.

DC voltage

measurement

accuracy

Sample acquisition

mode, typical

Offset, position, and the constant offset term must be converted to volts by multiplying by the appropriate

volts/div term.

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Speciﬁcations

Table 1: Analog signal acquisition system speciﬁcations (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Analog bandwidth

selections

MDO4104-6, MDO4104-3, MDO 4054-6, MDO4054-3, MDO4034-3: 20 MHz, 250 MHz, and Full

MDO4014-3: 20 MHz and Full

These limits are for ambient temperature of 30°C and the bandwidth selection set to FULL. R educe the

upper bandwidth frequency by 1% for each °C above 30°C

Volts/Div setting

Bandwidth

5 mV/div — 1 V/div DC to 1.00 GHz

2 mV/div — 4.98 mV/div DC to 350 MHz

MDO4104-X